Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-02-10
The COURIER'S BRIDE.

eoAisousanS caCo otner az Atlanta.
The suns intense heat was intensi-
fed by the sulphurous breath of mus
ketry and cannon.
AT 10 o'clock, General Hardee,
Confederate corps commander, with a
mounted escort. was on an elevation
observing the position Of the enemy.
One OF the escort was youth of six.
teen. q courier.
While the General was notiae the
reports Of q civil engineer squad of
Union prisoners were marched up
and halted. One of the number, a
Captain. sank upon the ground ex.
hausted from the loss of blood, ball
having entered his left cheek and,
ranging upward, passed out through
the right. shattering the bone. The
young courier. observing the wounded
man. asked that surgeon be directed
to attend him. An anodyne was ad
ministered and the wound dressed,
when the prisoners We're ordered to
resume their march. The Union Cap
tain endeavored to obey. but stageer-
ed in the effort. At that moment an
ambulance containing wounded Con.
federate officers drew up. The Young
courier. observing that there was
room for another, asked that the
wounded Captain be placed therein,
offering to see him delivered to the
trainguard in the city, whittier be had
just been ordered. Following the
ambulance on his horse. he paused at
General Johnston's headquarters to
deliver a dispatch, and then when
the Confederate wounded had been
removed from the wagon. accompanied
it to the train which was about start
ing for Andersonville. After giving
the prisoner his own canteen freshly
filled with water, he purchased from
a store near by narrow straw mat
tress and obtained permission from
the train guard for the wounded Cap
tain to lie upon it. The latter's face
being SO swollen that he could not
speak, he motioned with his hand for
a pencil-perhaps for writing thanks
to his benefactor. Before the pencil
was produced the train moved and the
young Confederate sprang from the car.
The prisoners proceeded to Ander-
sonviile, while the courier returned
to his command. That afternoon the
Confederates made a charge in which
the courier was painfully wounded,
and that night. while the Union Cap
tain was placed within the prison
stockade. the young Confederate was
lying in a hospital. Possibly each
gave come thought to the other, but
it is not likely either anticipated ever
meeting the other again.
In July 1874. at a popular resort
on Western lakeside, society COM
mented upon the marked attention
paid to Miss Emma Clancey by Henry
Ross, a gentleman from a city in Ala,
bama, whose winning address made
him a universal favorite. The young
lady was easily accorded the position
OF reigning belle at the resort, and
her father owning a residence there
she was enabled to Hospitality receive
her friends. There were a number Of
gallants whose frequent calls indicat-
ed admiration for the fair entertainer;
but it was apparent that none were
received with such favor as the court
ly Harry Ross.
On the evening Of the 22nd Captain
Clancey's parlors were filled with Wis
itors and, as these included married
friends. be and Mrs Clancey were
with their guests There had been
an hour of music and dancing, when
some one casually remarked upon the
pleasantness Of the occasion, Miss
Clancey responded; Yes. this is al
ways an anniversary occasion, July
22d, in our home. 1t celebrates the
scar just above the beard on fathers
face, aud it reminds me of one with
whom l am in love and who is to be
my husband"
She had spoken with an air of such
pleasantly as to call forth cherry ex-
clamations, especially from the young
gentlemen surrounding her at the pi
ano.
II cannot give you the name of my
beau ideal" she said, answering an
inquiry of Mr.. Ross, "for l do not
know it, and have never seen him
yet love him, and what would ! not
give to meet him remember, though
| was but three years. my fathers re-
turn home from the army and of his
telling how, on July 22i. he had been
wounded. and how a young Confeder-
crate soldier. mere boy. he said. had